Wire-connecting device.



PASIENTED JAN. 29

L. MORGAN.

' WIRE CONNECTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUILYIG, 1906.

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ran STATES PATENT FFIGE.

LEWIS MORGAN, or HOQULAM, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK H.

LAMB, OF'HOQUIAM, WASHINGTON.

wmE-coN'NEc-rme DEVICE.

Specification of Letterp Patent.

Application filed July 16, 1906. Serial No. 326,437.

Patented. Jan. 29, 1907.

This invention relates to a wire-connecting device, and particularly to a hand-operate apparatus whereby the wires may be stretched a out the bale or box to be secured therebyand then looped or bent upon each other.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and im rcved construction of looping-head where y the ends of the wire or strand maybe bent upon each other while under tension and one wire out after the bending operation is completed.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel featuresthereof-defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan of the tool. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with the stretcher omitted. Fig. 3

is a similar view with the head in position for looping the wires u on each'other. Flg. 41s a similar view of t e head in position after bending the loop. Fig. 5 is an end view ofthe head. Fig. 6 isa vertical section on the line 6 6, Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a plan of the wires before looping, and Fig. 8 1s a similar view after being looped.

Like numerals ofreference indicate like parts in the several views of the drawings.

The numeral 1 designates a stretcher-bar,

. which may be of any desired construction or configuration-for instance, provided with the apertures 2 therethrough adapted to co operate with the holding-pawls 3, plvotally mounted in the handle 4, which is in turnpivoted'at 5 upon the casing 6', mounted to slide on the bar. These pawls are normally held in engagement with the apertures in'the bar by means of the springs 7 and are 0 erated by the handles 8 when it is desire to release the pawls. The casing 6 is provided with a gripper-arm 9 at its end nextthe head,

having at its lower portion a block 10, upon which the wire rests, and with the grippingface 11, carried by the pivoted lever 12, the handle 13 of which is held under tension by the spring 14. This construction and arrangement of stretcher may be varied as found desirable and is merely illustrated as one form convenient for the purpose.

The bar 1 is provided at its inner end with the head-plate 15, secured thereto, and at its opposite end with a laterally-disposed gripping extension or head 16, adapted to hold the op osite end of the wire from that portion he (1 by the gripper 1 1. Upon this head a lever 17 is pivotally mounted by the pin 18 and provided at its upper portion with the gripping-face 19, adapted to cooperate with the extension 16 of the head. Extending laterally from this face 19 is an operating-1e ver 20, normally held under tension by the .'spring 21,.carried by the lever and resting upon the upper face of the'bar. This headlever is formed'at the opposite side of the bar from the gripper with a guiding crotch or notch 22, through which the opposite ends of the wires to betie'd pass. Cooperating with this crotch or recess 22 is a cutter-blade 23,

pivotal'ly mounted upon the lever at 24 and provided with an angularlyedisposed handle 25, extending upward and to one side of the bar 1. An operating-lever 28 for this handle is carried by the bar and pivotally mounted at 27 upon the lug 26, extending laterally from the bar, the same bein provided with a handle held under tension %y the spring 29, secured to the side of the bar at36 and bearing against the lever.

n the operation of the invention the wire 31 is drawn from the reel and .the end thereof passed around the ackage upon which it is to be stretched and tied. The portion 31 is engaged with the gripper of the stretching device and passed through the crotch 22, while the op osite end '32 is engaged by the gripper of t e head-lever. The stretching device is then operated to draw the wire tightly about the package with thehead in the position shown in Fig. 2. The head is then rocked upon the curved face of the lever into the position shown in Fig. 3, with the bar extending vertically and the wires in parallel planes, as shown in Fig. 7. These wires are then looped upon each other into the position companion application, filed July 16, 1906,.

Serial No. 326,438. This construction and arrangement of parts permits the use of w1re directly from a reel, the same being placed so as to feed through the stretcher, and it will be seen that the Wire can be quickly stretched and looped into position to hold the same under tension by a simple, efiicient, and economical constructionof parts. By using the wire from the reel the requirement for a large stock of out lengths is avoided, although the machine is equally adapted for use with such cut lengths of wire.

Having now described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

i l. A Wire-connector com rising a bar having at one end a laiera'llyisposed gripping device at oneside thereof and wire-retaining means at the opposite side, and means carried by the bar for holding the end of the wire from the retaining means. 1

2. A wire-connector comprising a bar having at one end a'laterally-disposed gripping device at one side thereof and wire-retaining means at the opposite side, means carried by the bar for holding the end of the wire from the retaining means, and a cut-off knife movably'mounted to cooperate with said retaining means.

3. ;A wire-connector comprising a bar hav-' ing a gripping-face upon its head, a gripping lever pivoted to the bar and cooperating with said face, means carried by the bar for holding the opposite end of the strand under Lenslon, a cut-off knife pivoially mounted uponthe opposite end of the lever from the gripcrouched portion of said lever, an operatinghandle from the lever disposed laterally to said gripping-face, a tension-spring extending from said head and bearing upon the bar, and a cut-off device carried by the crotched end of said lever.

6. In a wire-c0nnector, a bar provided at i one end with a head having gripping-face dis- .posed above the center thereof, a lever pivotally' mounted upon the bar and having a gripping end opposite said face, an opposite croiched POIiiOIl of said lever, an operatinghandle from said lever disposed laterally of 'said gripping-face, a tension-spring extending from said head and bearing upon the bar, a blade plvotally mounzed upon the crotched end of the head-lever, an angularly-disposed handle extended from said blade, a cut-off lGVGI' IIIOHD'lBd upon the bar at one side thereof and disposed in the path of the blade-handle, and a springcarried by the bar to engage said cui-ofl' lever.

7. A wire-connector comprising a bar having at one end a laterally-disposed head, a lever carried by said head for securing a strand thereto, and means carried by the op )osite end of said lever for retaining and gui ing a parallel strand.

8. A wire-connector comprising a bar having at one end a laterally-disposed head, a lever carried by said head for securing a strand thereio, means carried by the op )osite end of said lever for retaining and gui ing a parallel strand, and means carried by the retaining end of the lever to sever said )arallel strand afier the wire has been looped.

In IQS'LiIIlOIlY whereof I aflix my signature in'presence of two wiinesses. 7

LEWIS MORGAN;

Witnesses:

FRANK II. LAMB, WM. B. OGDEN. 

